News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their first goal against Eibar during their La Liga match at Ipurua, Eibar on Saturday. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Cristiano Ronaldo struck late with a bullet header to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win at Eibar in La Liga on Saturday, taking his side to within four points of second-placed Atletico Madrid. Ronaldo scored for the seventh successive game in all ...

IMAGE: (Left to right) Mercedes GP's Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes GP's Executive Director Toto Wolff and Mercedes GP's British driver Lewis Hamilton pose during the launch of the Mercedes W09 car, at Silverstone Circuit in Northampton, England, on Thursday. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton expects his Formula One rivalry with Sebastian Vettel to become even more intense this season and says he is prepared for anything the Ferrari driver throws at him. The ...

'This is a dangerous business and we're not going to put someone in a car just because they come with money' IMAGE: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the Singapore Grand Prix. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Williams defended their young and inexperienced Formula One drivers on Thursday, denying that the choice of Russian Sergey Sirotkin and Canadian teenager Lance Stroll had been swayed by money. The combination of 22-year-old debutant Sirotkin and Stroll, 19, is the former ...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades won a second five-year term as voters gave a thumbs-up to his record in containing an economic meltdown in 2013 and conducting abortive peace talks with the Turkish Cypriots. With all votes counted, the conservative had 56 ...

Turkey has faced criticism after its warships continued to impede a rig from reaching a location off Cyprus where Italian energy company Eni is scheduled to drill for gas.Cyprus government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides yesterday told state broadcaster RIK ...

Greek Cypriots headed back to the polls on Sunday in a runoff presidential vote between an incumbent conservative pledging to re-energise talks at ending the islands division, and a leftist opponent who accuses him of squandering chances of a deal. Sundays ...

Formula One bosses want the 'grid girls' to continue to be a part of the sport.F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn revealed that they are reviewing the practice of having women fulfilling the role as grid girls.Earlier this month, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen had ...